#include <Windows.h>


int main()
{
    byte buffer[1] = { '\0' };
    auto hFile = CreateFileW(L"c:\\temp\\extracted-file", GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
        NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);

    SetFilePointer(hFile, 999999, NULL, FILE_BEGIN);
    WriteFile(hFile, buffer, 1, NULL, NULL);
    SetFilePointer(hFile, 0, NULL, FILE_BEGIN);
    // do real extraction here

    CloseHandle(hFile);

    return 0;
}